Project Life Cycles, Roles, Responsibilities and Systems
PROJECT LIFE CYCLES, ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES & SYSTEMS
Select a dream
Use your dream
Create a plan
Consider resources
Enhance skills and abilities
Spend time wisely
Start! Get organized and Go
…it is one of those acro-whatevers,
Said Pooh. Allen & Allen, Winnie-the-Pooh on Success, 1997
Project within Projects * The breaking down of large activities into comprehensible or manageable units is a fundamental part of project management. * The method suggested is a selective outline of the project called the work break down structure (WBS).
The WBS * The WBS is also known as chunking or unbundling. * It identifies manageable parts of the project. * It facilitates financial control activities * Its role is to create a linked, hierarchical series of activities which are independent units but at the same time still part of the whole. * It also supports parallel execution of activities.
The Project Life Cycle
LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ACT
TIME
Stages in the Project Life Cycle * Planning * Doing * Checking * Acting
Stage 1: Planning * Conceptualization. Generation of explicit statement of needs. * Analysis. Identification of what has to be provided to meet those needs. * Proposal. Showing how those needs will be met through project activities. * Justification. Preparation and evaluation of financial costs and benefits from the project. * Agreement. Go-ahead by project sponsor. Stage 2: Doing * Start-up. Gathering of resources, assembly of project team. * Execution. Carrying out of defined activities. * Completion. Completion of activity series. * Handover. Passing on of project output to client or user.
Stage 3: Checking * Review. Identification of outcomes for all stakeholders.
Stage 4: Acting * Feedback. Putting in place improvement to procedures, filling of gaps in knowledge,
Select a dream
Use your dream
Create a plan
Consider resources
Enhance skills and abilities
Spend time wisely
Start! Get organized and Go
…it is one of those acro-whatevers,
Said Pooh. Allen & Allen, Winnie-the-Pooh on Success, 1997
Project within Projects * The breaking down of large activities into comprehensible or manageable units is a fundamental part of project management. * The method suggested is a selective outline of the project called the work break down structure (WBS).
The WBS * The WBS is also known as chunking or unbundling. * It identifies manageable parts of the project. * It facilitates financial control activities * Its role is to create a linked, hierarchical series of activities which are independent units but at the same time still part of the whole. * It also supports parallel execution of activities.
The Project Life Cycle
LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ACT
TIME
Stages in the Project Life Cycle * Planning * Doing * Checking * Acting
Stage 1: Planning * Conceptualization. Generation of explicit statement of needs. * Analysis. Identification of what has to be provided to meet those needs. * Proposal. Showing how those needs will be met through project activities. * Justification. Preparation and evaluation of financial costs and benefits from the project. * Agreement. Go-ahead by project sponsor. Stage 2: Doing * Start-up. Gathering of resources, assembly of project team. * Execution. Carrying out of defined activities. * Completion. Completion of activity series. * Handover. Passing on of project output to client or user.
Stage 3: Checking * Review. Identification of outcomes for all stakeholders.
Stage 4: Acting * Feedback. Putting in place improvement to procedures, filling of gaps in knowledge,